Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - In Los Angeles County, the northern San Joaquin Valley, San Diego ‑Imperial, and the Superior region (generally, the northern inland counties, including Sacramento County), RAND estimated a shortage in some bed types but excess capacity in others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - In January 2024, fewer counties will have a regional model and no county will have the San Benito or Imperial models. COHS = county organized health system. Historically, CCS Generally Was Administered Outside of Managed Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - In the South San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area, RAND estimates a general shortfall across all categories. The shortage is generally most severe in these regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example , in 2020, the San Joaquin Valley had 6.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 population compared to 18.7 psychiatrists per 100,000 population in the San Francisco Bay Area.) University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers also have projected —absent changes in the workforce pipeline —that the state will have half as many psychiatrists as needed by 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - In 2022-23, the majority of this local assistance funding will go to the first cohort of counties (Glenn, Orange, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and San Francisco) that must implement the CARE Court Program no later than October 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $83  million in Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (CFRF) monies (federal funding to the state to use flexibly from the American Rescue Plan Act) for 2021 ‑22, $107  million CFRF in 2022 ‑23, $156  million ($125  million General Fund and $31  million other federal funds) in 2023 ‑24, $180  million ($144  million General Fund and $36  million other federal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - (CDPH recently helped the San Diego Health and Human Services Agency in developing a climate change and health plan and implementing a variety of other climate ‑related activities, but the department indicates that the six staff in its Climate Change and Health Equity Section have limited capacity to respond to requests for such assistance.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan provides $10  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 to DHCS to establish —through procurement of a vendor —a virtual platform that would facilitate the provision of behavioral health services to children and youth age 25 and younger regardless of payer source through (1)  interactive exercises and games, (2)  automated screening and assessment tools, and (3)  direct services delivered by peers or coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - This office, housed at CDPH, would include regional specialists for each of the five public health officer regions (Bay Area, Rural North, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability From $20 to $250 per person c a Generally counted as household income. b Counties include San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. c Amounts reflect premiums for an individual rather than for a couple and vary based on income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560